Job title: Senior Accountant
Location: Galveston, TX
Salary:$95,000 - $125,000/year
Job type: Fulltime
What you will be doing:
- Maintain project financials for federal contracts governed by FAR/DCMA: cost tracking, indirects, labor distributions, and contract compliance.
- Prepare and review cost estimates, project cost forecasts, monthly project reports, and variance analyses.
- Manage billing and revenue recognition for contract deliverables; prepare invoices and support audit requests.
- Implement and document accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls for project accounting.
- Support audits and DCMA inquiries; prepare schedules and provide required backup.
- Build and improve templates, reports, and processes to scale divisional accounting operations.
- Collaborate closely with project managers, contracts, operations, and payroll teams.
Experience you will need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (or equivalent).
- Minimum 5 years of related accounting experience supporting project-based or government contracts.
- Demonstrated experience with FAR/DCMA accounting requirements.
- Strong cost accounting experience, including indirect allocations and job-costing.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, complex formulas, data analysis).
- Preferred to be on-site daily in Galveston, TX.
- Experience with CMiC or similar ERP/accounting systems.
- Experience preparing audit schedules and supporting government audits.
- Proven ability to create and document accounting processes and controls.